Zune Pass on Windows Phone??

I have had Zune Pass pretty much ever since Zune came out, and I really like it. I do have one question though, am I able to use my Zune Pass to download songs over my phone. If not I don't really mind getting on the computer and doing it there then syncing but it would really work good for on the go.

Yesterday I was able to download a song on my phone and it used one of my credits to do it. But today when I go to do that it is wanted to bill me either through AT&T or my credit card. I still have credits available, and I can do it on the computer but not know on my phone. Also I was wondering if I can just download over my phone as well, for when I run out of credits or if its a song that I would just want to use over the subscription.

I don't know if anybody else is have this issue or was wondering the same. If somebody could fill me in this would be great. Thanks

but im pretty sure you can, since the marketplace supports downloading music.

Originally Posted by jonharrell

I have had Zune Pass pretty much ever since Zune came out, and I really like it. I do have one question though, am I able to use my Zune Pass to download songs over my phone. If not I don't really mind getting on the computer and doing it there then syncing but it would really work good for on the go.

Yesterday I was able to download a song on my phone and it used one of my credits to do it. But today when I go to do that it is wanted to bill me either through AT&T or my credit card. I still have credits available, and I can do it on the computer but not know on my phone. Also I was wondering if I can just download over my phone as well, for when I run out of credits or if its a song that I would just want to use over the subscription.

I don't know if anybody else is have this issue or was wondering the same. If somebody could fill me in this would be great. Thanks

it doesn't seem to support subscription unlimited downloading, only streaming and using credits. i haven't seen any official statements on this from microsoft, but it's pretty clear when you go to download a song that it wants to use your credits or some form of payment. it's not the end of the world since you can just download on your computer and sync it... but i'm a little surprised by this inconvenience. i don't really see why microsoft wouldn't support this, so i have a feeling it's a technical roadblock. hopefully we'll see a fix of sorts in the future.

maybe its to save bandwidth...
Think about it, If you had access to unlimited music DLs from your phone, there would be a lot of bandwidth hogging.

Originally Posted by mittortz

it doesn't seem to support subscription unlimited downloading, only streaming and using credits. i haven't seen any official statements on this from microsoft, but it's pretty clear when you go to download a song that it wants to use your credits or some form of payment. it's not the end of the world since you can just download on your computer and sync it... but i'm a little surprised by this inconvenience. i don't really see why microsoft wouldn't support this, so i have a feeling it's a technical roadblock. hopefully we'll see a fix of sorts in the future.

maybe its to save bandwidth...
Think about it, If you had access to unlimited music DLs from your phone, there would be a lot of bandwidth hogging.

This is the only reason why it wouldn't be available.. They should at least have it work that way over WiFi. It's a small nuisance, but not a huge one since you can stream entire albums through the Marketplace.

Last time I tried it, it wanted to bill me via AT&T bill or credit card to buy.

But I could still stream for free via Zune Pass or marketplace I guess... the song would not be downloaded into my phone, when I open the phone via zune those songs that I streamed for free were nowhere to be found on the phone.

Last time I tried it, it wanted to bill me via AT&T bill or credit card to buy.

But I could still stream for free via Zune Pass or marketplace I guess... the song would not be downloaded into my phone, when I open the phone via zune those songs that I streamed for free were nowhere to be found on the phone.

This video will answer your questions:

Skip to about 9:30. Basically, it's possible to download the album using the Zune Pass, but it's set up in such a way as to deceive the user into purchasing it from the carrier. I can only assume this was a deliberate design decision to increase the carrier's profits.

Skip to about 9:30. Basically, it's possible to download the album using the Zune Pass, but it's set up in such a way as to deceive the user into purchasing it from the carrier. I can only assume this was a deliberate design decision to increase the carrier's profits.